BEGINNERS OR WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
Yale Cabaret, Fall 2013
By Raymond Carver
Adapted by Phillip Howze
Directed by Andrej Visky
Set Designer: Jean Kim
Costume Designer: Sara Holdren
Lighting Designer: Joey Moro
Sound Designer: Joel Abott
Projections Consultant: Shawn Boyle
Projections Engineer: Joey Moro
Dramaturg: Rachel Carpman
Stage Manager: Kate Pincus
Technical Director: Ted Griffith
Producers: Emika Abe, Libby Peterson
Featuring
Mel - Aaron Bartz
Terri - Prema Cruz
Laura - Ashley Chang
Nick - David E. Bruin
Raymond Carver's voice - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
In 1981, a writer and his editor made literary history. Twenty-five years later, the original manuscript surfaces and untold elements of the story come to light. A world-premiere adaptation, Beginners by Raymond Carver; or, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is an incredibly true story of friendship and loss that demonstrates how questionable the truth can be — particularly when it’s told by writers of fiction.
